What is wrong with intelligent design?

International Journal for Philosophy of Religion

Volumn 61, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 69-81

  Dawes, Gregory W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Design arguments; Intelligent design; Teleological arguments

Indexed keywords

EID: 34247271466     PISSN: 00207047     EISSN: 15728684     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11153-007-9112-2     Document Type: Article

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